Example sentences of "[adj] minister has [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It can only be proceeded with with the government 's consent , and before going into committee the appropriate Minister has to tell the House that the proposed spending has the government 's approval .
2 George V had found Lloyd George 's scattering of honours ‘ disagreeable and distasteful ’ , according to his private secretary , Lord Stamfordham , and while no subsequent prime minister has abused the system to anything like the same degree , they can not kick the habit .
3 I welcome the changes that have been made since then and the leadership which my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has given the country .
4 Even the Prime Minister has posed the question , ‘ Why should half our population go through life like a hobbled horse in a steeplechase ?
5 The Prime Minister has rejected an offer of talks over peace in Northern Ireland with the Sinn Fein leader , Gerry Adams .
6 The Prime Minister has said the ERM crisis means that the timetable for European economic and monetary union looks unrealistic .
7 The Prime Minister has announced a reform of the honours system saying they should be awarded on merit not seniority .
8 Since the Prime Minister has announced the target rate for income tax , surely he can announce the target rate for VAT .
9 The Prime Minister has postponed a Commons debate on the Maastricht treaty , but says he still plans to forge ahead with a bill to ratify it .
10 Everybody has a boss , a person who has the responsibility to oversee his or her work ; the Chairperson of the Board has the company 's shareholders while the Prime Minister has to face the electorate for a renewal of the mandate at least every five years .
11 The Prime Minister has told the Commons that he is disappointed by the rise in unemployment nearly three million .
12 The Prime Minister has avoided a question by the Labour Leader on the future of the Chancellor , Norman Lamont and whether or not he will present the next Budget in November .
13 The appointments and preferments policies of the present Prime Minister has shown the influence that can be borne in these matters .
14 Now the Prime Minister has described the event 's organisation as magnificent in a reply to a Commons question from Garston MP Eddie Loyden .
15 The Prime Minister has promised a review of this .
16 The Prime Minister has promised a review .
17 As the Prime Minister has promised the House a two-day debate in less than three weeks , I hope that we shall reach a sensible conclusion about all those substantial issues , and that the White Paper will be published before that debate , setting out the Government 's negotiating position at Maastricht .
18 The Prime Minister has praised the police operation which stopped travellers from holding a bank holiday festival in the Cotswolds .
19 Yes , the Prime Minister has negotiated a set of circumstances in which it will be possible for employers in Britain to pay lower wages and work their employees for longer hours in worse conditions than their competitors on mainland Europe .
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